rookie rushing leaders 1980

Billy Sims had the most rushing yards by a rookie in 1980, with 1,303 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Billy Sims
B. Sims
1,303
1980
16
313
4.2
81.4
13
621
51
12.2
38.8
3
2Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
1,185
1980
16
306
3.9
74.1
11
415
52
8.0
25.9
1
3Vagas Ferguson
V. Ferguson
818
1980
16
211
3.9
51.1
2
173
22
7.9
10.8
0
4Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
800
1980
15
176
4.5
53.3
11
204
25
8.2
13.6
2
5Earl Cooper
E. Cooper
720
1980
16
171
4.2
45.0
5
567
83
6.8
35.4
4
6Gerry Ellis
G. Ellis
545
1980
15
126
4.3
36.3
5
496
48
10.3
33.1
3
7Jewerl Thomas
J. Thomas
427
1980
16
65
6.6
26.7
2
30
5
6.0
1.9
0
8Mike Guman
M. Guman
410
1980
16
100
4.1
25.6
4
131
14
9.4
8.2
0
9Jimmy Rogers
J. Rogers
366
1980
16
80
4.6
22.9
1
267
27
9.9
16.7
2
10Larry Heater
L. Heater
360
1980
14
111
3.2
25.7
3
139
10
13.9
9.9
0
11Charles White
C. White
279
1980
14
86
3.2
19.9
5
153
17
9.0
10.9
1
12Leon Perry
L. Perry
272
1980
10
59
4.6
27.2
1
84
8
10.5
8.4
1
13Jim Hadnot
J. Hadnot
244
1980
13
76
3.2
18.8
2
97
15
6.5
7.5
0
14Rickey Claitt
R. Claitt
215
1980
15
57
3.8
14.3
1
34
3
11.3
2.3
1
15David Woodley
D. Woodley
214
1980
13
55
3.9
16.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
16Marvin Sims
M. Sims
186
1980
16
54
3.4
11.6
2
64
9
7.1
4.0
0
17Perry Harrington
P. Harrington
166
1980
14
32
5.2
11.9
1
24
3
8.0
1.7
0
18James Jones
J. Jones
135
1980
16
41
3.3
8.4
0
39
5
7.8
2.4
0
19Russell Davis
R. Davis
132
1980
14
33
4.0
9.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
20Timmy Newsome
T. Newsome
79
1980
16
25
3.2
4.9
2
43
4
10.8
2.7
0
21Doug Paschal
D. Paschal
53
1980
16
15
3.5
3.3
1
18
2
9.0
1.1
0
22Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
45
1980
16
22
2.0
2.8
0
60
7
8.6
3.8
0
23Carlos Carson
C. Carson
41
1980
16
2
20.5
2.6
0
68
5
13.6
4.3
0
24Cliff Stoudt
C. Stoudt
35
1980
6
9
3.9
5.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Kevin House
K. House
32
1980
14
1
32.0
2.3
0
531
24
22.1
37.9
5
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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